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Casey Finnerty

Reassessing Flu Shots as the Season Draws Near - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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virology microbiology influenza vaccination

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  • “It does not protect as promoted. It’s all a sales job: it’s all public relations.”
  • “I say, ‘Use this vaccine,’ ” he said. “The safety profile is actually quite good. But we have oversold it. Use it — but just know it’s not going to work nearly as well as everyone says.”
  • “Does it work as well as the measles vaccine? No, and it’s not likely to. But the vaccine works,” Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of epidemiology and prevention in the C.D.C.’s influenza division, said. And research is advancing to improve the effectiveness of the vaccine.
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  • “Not having evidence doesn’t prove it doesn’t work; we just don’t know,” said Dr. Roger Thomas, a Cochrane Collaboration coordinator for the University of Calgary in Alberta, who was an author of both of the reviews. “The intelligent decision would be to have large, publicly funded independent trials.”
  • Another option for those who want to reduce their risk of influenza and flulike infections may be simply this: Wash your hands more often. There is good evidence this works.
Casey Finnerty

For DTaP Vaccine, Thigh May Be Better Injection Site Than Arm - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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DtAP diphtheria microbiology immunity vaccination

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  • researchers found that children between the ages of 1 and 3 who were given the DTaP vaccine in their thigh instead of in their upper arm were around half as likely to have a local reaction
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      Casey Finnerty on 15 Jan 13
       
      Simple but effective.
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